No-punch binder



June 11, 1940. H LEWIS I 2,203,676

NO-PUNCH BINDER Filed April 29, 1939 Q jll'ucnlvz. B rber L Davi (Hoznm 5 leaves or pages. I attain this and other objectsof la. has a threaded engagement with binder strip 5 my invention by the device illustrated in the ac- 2, it is only loosely mounted in binder strips 3, 4,

companying drawing, in whichand 5; similarly, while screw 2a has a threaded Figure 1 is a side elevation of the binder before engagement with binder strip 3, it is only loosely any sheets have been inserted init; mounted in binder strips d and 5; and while i Fig. 2 is a plan view of same; screw 3a has threaded engagement with binder 19 Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the-binder in exstrip 4 it is only loosely mounted in binder strip panded form; and i 5. By reason of this, arrangement separate ad- Fig. 4 is a section on line 44 of Fig. 3, but justment of any of thebinder strips relative to showing sheets inserted between the binding the strip next below it by operating the screw 7 strips 4 and 5. i by which it has threaded engagement, is pos- Like characters of reference designate like j sible. i e i e parts in each of the several views. WhatI claim is: r i Referring to the accompanying drawing, I pro- A b der 0 th yp described, having a Patented June 11, 1940 at i H UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE i NO-PUNCH BINDER Herbert L. Davis, Atlanta, Ga.

Application April 29, 1939, Serial No. 270,834

3 Claims. (Cl. 129-36) The object of my invention is to provide a screw la has threaded engagement withthebinder novel binder by which a series of loose leaves, stripi'i, whereby the respective binder strips may sheets or pages may be bound together without be adjusted by operating the screws with which the necessity of punching holes in the sheets, they have a threaded engagement. While screw vide a binder consisting of a plurality or series of eries f in er s rips t n e ve a er s binding strips such as strips l, 2, 3, 4, and 5. f a ju in rew e f aid rews bein The outer binding strip I is secured near its ends secured to e of the binder Strips ep t D- to the rods 6 and 1, and the other binding strips permost strip nd hav ng a threaded enga e en 2, 3, 4, and 5 are slidably mounted on said rods with the next adjacent binder strip, and guide but the outer binding strip 5 is limited in its rods for the binder strips, and means for limiting range of movement by the heads ,8 of rods 6. the expansion f e in er str ps.

I also provide a series of binder strip adjust- Aibindel 0f the p described, having1 a merit screws Ia, 2a., 3a, and 4a, which are atseries ofjbinder strips to engage leaves, aseries tached to successive binder strips I, 2, 3, and 4 of adjusting screws, each of said screws being by the screw heads lb, 21), 3b, and 4b, as shown secured at one end to a binder strip and having 1 in Figs. 1 and 3. i a threaded engagement with the next adjacent Between each of the binder strips the desired binder strip, and end guide rods for the binder sheets, leaves or pages P may be inserted, as strips, said end guide rods having projecting shown in Fig. 4, and fastened tightly by adjusting heads limiting the expansion of the outer binding binder strip screws lot, or 2a, or 3a, or M, to Sin-in w tighten the binder strips on the pages, according A binder of the type described. having a to whl ch Stnps engage the pages series of binder strips to engage leaves, a series W111 be noted that the heads 8 the of adjustable screws, each of said screws having i hmlt the movement P t outer bmder Stnp one end, secured to a binder strip, and havinga 5 on rods 6, as shown 1n Flgs- 3 and threaded engagement with the next adjacent 40 screw has threaded engagement Wlth binder strip, end guide rods for the binder strips, 1 the b n er ip s w 2d has a threaded nand means for limiting the expansion of the gagement with binder strip 3; screw 3a has a binder strips, i

threaded engagement with binder strip 4; and the t HERBERT L. DAVTS. 

